Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-23

that time until now and as soon as she
could not be found in the neighborhood
or on the Hill my husband went to the
police stations and notified the police,
and then went TO the Dispatch
office and published an advertisement
calling attention to her disappearance.
II was her habit to fasten both OF the
gates and also the windowsof the house
at dark. She did it that evening, and
il she passed through either OF them
she fastened it after her, for when we
examined them we found them fastened.
She never went out to visit any one
without telling me where she was going
and also when she would come back.
The last know Of my mother was that
Friday nigh, ] heard her turn the door
knob"
SOLUTIONS OF TILE DISAPPEARANCE.
"There are three solutions of her
disappearance, said Mrs. White.
First, there is nothing impossible ;
the Lord may have taken her away or
she may have possibly wandered off
and now be at the house of some one
sick; or, l might add, she may be dead.
The third do not like to say, for | do
not think such n thing could have hap
pened to my mother, for | don't know
of any reason that it should"
"What is that?"
"Tbat is, that any one could have
done her any harm, for / know OF no
enemy that my mother had. !"
Were any tracks seen in the back
or fre1t-yard ?"
''None we looked to see il there
were any, but not one could be seen,
and that is strange, for there was
shower Of rain that afternoon and the
ground was damp. There is no well in
our yard nothing that could have hid
her or that she could have fallen into.
THE MISSING LADY's DESCRIPTION.
"Has any of her clothing been
found?"
"No, sir"
"Please give me a description of the
clothing that your mother wore on
that night"
"Ihat day we had been house clean
ing, and mother had on the oldest dress
she had. 1t was gray worsted and
much worn. She did not change her
dress in the afternoon, and on retiring
to bed laid it near the foot. She did
not put on her corset that night. She
did not have on bonnet when she lefte
she had only a shawl, which we supposd
that she threw over her head"
"Did she have any friendsto to go to ?"
"No, sir she had no friends living
near the city. She has brother who
lives in Portsmouth. We received a
letter from him to-day. He is much
distressed at her disappearance"
"Was she in the habit of walking in
her sleep, or was she suffering in body
and mind from any cause? ?"
"Yes, she was well--in good health :;
had been complaining little day or
two before, but not very much. She
never walked in her sleep and always
slept soundly."
"Give me a description of your mo-
ther, please ?"
"She is about seventy-seven years OF
age. Her eyes are good. She can see
! to thread q needle. She does not use
! glasses, and can read small print with
out them. Her hair is dark with few
gray ones. She is of medium height,
and weighs about one hundred and fif-
teen pounds. Walks well, and is active
for a person of herage."
"Ihere had been no family quarrel ?"
"None."
"No difficulty at home ?"
"None at all. ."
Here the interview terminated.
PLAUSIBLE THEORY.
The old colored lunatic asylums,
which were formerly in this vicinity,
have been pulled down. On the
grounds were a number of wells. the
tops of which have been removed
by persons for frewood. Sine may
have wandered in this direction, and if
so, in the darkness, could easily have
stumbled upon and tumbled into one
of these wells. 1t is not known whe-
ther or not these wells have been
searched.